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I'm working on a 96 Maxima apparently the owner started the car and pulled out the starter inhibitor and crossed two ports thinking he was crossing the AC clutch. Well the car shut off and now won't start. The dash lights come on but starter will not engage. Where do I start
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He crossed two of the six or seven ports on the inhibitor relay while the car was running. On the relay box it reads inhibitor/clutch interlock. The car shut off quickly. Will not start with the inhibitor relay plugged back in. I don't see how I can do the reverse. I'm assuming a fusible link or something burned up fuses look good. Power to dash won't turn over. Anyone got any ideas.
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I would suggest going back and examining fuse # 17 very closely. Fuse # 17 is a 10 amp, red colored fuse located in the dash fuse panel, center column, 6th up from the bottom.
Either check the fuse with an ohmmeter or swap it.
Less likely, check Fuse H that is under the hood between the battery and the fender. It is a 30 amp fusible kink, green square thing. The cover has it labeled "FL30A IGN SW".
If the fuse is not the problem, I will need to know if the car is manual or automatic transmission.
Either check the fuse with an ohmmeter or swap it.
Less likely, check Fuse H that is under the hood between the battery and the fender. It is a 30 amp fusible kink, green square thing. The cover has it labeled "FL30A IGN SW".
If the fuse is not the problem, I will need to know if the car is manual or automatic transmission.
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I would suggest going back and examining fuse # 17 very closely. Fuse # 17 is a 10 amp, red colored fuse located in the dash fuse panel, center column, 6th up from the bottom.
Either check the fuse with an ohmmeter or swap it.
Less likely, check Fuse H that is under the hood between the battery and the fender. It is a 30 amp fusible kink, green square thing. The cover has it labeled "FL30A IGN SW".
If the fuse is not the problem, I will need to know if the car is manual or automatic transmission.
Either check the fuse with an ohmmeter or swap it.
Less likely, check Fuse H that is under the hood between the battery and the fender. It is a 30 amp fusible kink, green square thing. The cover has it labeled "FL30A IGN SW".
If the fuse is not the problem, I will need to know if the car is manual or automatic transmission.
The ASCD relay is a new piece of information. ASCD is cruise control. It is not part of the starting circuit, so I can't understand why this relay is playing a part.
The internal configuration of the ASCD and Inhibit relays are different. Initially I thought that maybe the 2 relays had gotten swapped, but then I remembered that the arrangement of the contact pins on the bottom of the 2 relays are different, so I don't think you can plug them into the wrong socket.
Neither the ASCD or Inhibit relays have anything to do with the ignition system. So if the engine cranks over, I don't know why it doesn't start.
The only thing I can think of trying is to remove both relays and put a jumper in the Inhibit relay socket, between pins 6 & 7. Look on the bottom of the Inhibit relay, there are tiny numbers next to the pins. DO NOT go by the diagram on the top of the relay. With this jumper, the starter will crank over regardless of what position the transmission gear selector is in, so be careful.
I also wonder if there is more damage to the car than it appears on the surface. I am thinking fried wires. It may be worth your while to unbolt the relay box and look at all the wires on the bottom near the Inhibit and ASCD relays.
The internal configuration of the ASCD and Inhibit relays are different. Initially I thought that maybe the 2 relays had gotten swapped, but then I remembered that the arrangement of the contact pins on the bottom of the 2 relays are different, so I don't think you can plug them into the wrong socket.
Neither the ASCD or Inhibit relays have anything to do with the ignition system. So if the engine cranks over, I don't know why it doesn't start.
The only thing I can think of trying is to remove both relays and put a jumper in the Inhibit relay socket, between pins 6 & 7. Look on the bottom of the Inhibit relay, there are tiny numbers next to the pins. DO NOT go by the diagram on the top of the relay. With this jumper, the starter will crank over regardless of what position the transmission gear selector is in, so be careful.
I also wonder if there is more damage to the car than it appears on the surface. I am thinking fried wires. It may be worth your while to unbolt the relay box and look at all the wires on the bottom near the Inhibit and ASCD relays.
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The ASCD relay is a new piece of information. ASCD is cruise control. It is not part of the starting circuit, so I can't understand why this relay is playing a part.
The internal configuration of the ASCD and Inhibit relays are different. Initially I thought that maybe the 2 relays had gotten swapped, but then I remembered that the arrangement of the contact pins on the bottom of the 2 relays are different, so I don't think you can plug them into the wrong socket.
Neither the ASCD or Inhibit relays have anything to do with the ignition system. So if the engine cranks over, I don't know why it doesn't start.
The only thing I can think of trying is to remove both relays and put a jumper in the Inhibit relay socket, between pins 6 & 7. Look on the bottom of the Inhibit relay, there are tiny numbers next to the pins. DO NOT go by the diagram on the top of the relay. With this jumper, the starter will crank over regardless of what position the transmission gear selector is in, so be careful.
I also wonder if there is more damage to the car than it appears on the surface. I am thinking fried wires. It may be worth your while to unbolt the relay box and look at all the wires on the bottom near the Inhibit and ASCD relays.
The internal configuration of the ASCD and Inhibit relays are different. Initially I thought that maybe the 2 relays had gotten swapped, but then I remembered that the arrangement of the contact pins on the bottom of the 2 relays are different, so I don't think you can plug them into the wrong socket.
Neither the ASCD or Inhibit relays have anything to do with the ignition system. So if the engine cranks over, I don't know why it doesn't start.
The only thing I can think of trying is to remove both relays and put a jumper in the Inhibit relay socket, between pins 6 & 7. Look on the bottom of the Inhibit relay, there are tiny numbers next to the pins. DO NOT go by the diagram on the top of the relay. With this jumper, the starter will crank over regardless of what position the transmission gear selector is in, so be careful.
I also wonder if there is more damage to the car than it appears on the surface. I am thinking fried wires. It may be worth your while to unbolt the relay box and look at all the wires on the bottom near the Inhibit and ASCD relays.
I appreciate your own personal opinion and am not trying to hurt anyones feelings but the inhibitor relay is a link of the starting chain. Being a link that would potentially stop a vehicle from starting. I have done all normal procedures for this problem and only figured out it would turn over with the ASCD relay out by chance. This seems to be out of the norm. I am starting to think the jolt hit the Body control module.
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